Your favorite Office/Group-friendly Jamaican souvenir ideas?

[TKim]

Two weeks until I will be on an airplane for my first international flight, flying for my first trip to Jamaica. I’m now obsessing about the trip Every. Minute…!

So, to get my fix, here’s another question for you all. What kind of souvenirs did you bring back for your office/coworkers? Around here, when people go on vacation (usually to the Eastern shore) they bring back shared food items like caramel corn and salt water taffy, to share with everybody. When we go to Middle Bass Island, we bring back fudge. When I went to Hawaii, I brought back

But the best Jamaican souvenir we can think of (Rum! Of course!) is not really work appropriate. And our offices are so large that we will not be getting individual souvenirs for everyone. So what do you guys bring back for your offices, and where can I go to get it while I’m there?


Take care, everyone!
Kim

[BBrasta]

One year I brought back pencils with little Jamaican heads on them... They have hats and hair and a face painted on them. Everyone at the office thought it was awesome. One year I brought them back each a seashell to put on their desk.

I never had to buy for a large group gift. Sorry.

[Hussyband]

Coffee for when I worked in an office. The new single serve systems may do away with that in some offices, but it was a hit when I used to bring it in.

[Muzikdoc]

Coffee, Rum Cream, Seasonings, My secretary always asks for a bottle of Pure Vanilla for her baking. She says the Jamaican is strong and lasts her a long time.

[TKim]

Coffee's a great idea. (I don't drink coffee, so I never think of it.) It won't work for my husband's office since they have a single-serve system, but my office still uses a traditional coffee pot.

Rum Cream, sadly, my office would be cross if I brought some in to share... and there are too many people to bring everyone their own to enjoy at home.

I never thought about vanilla/spices! That's a great idea!

[rinakim]

Blue Mountain Coffee! Best place to buy it that we have found is at the Hi-Lo.
We bought some at a craft market once only to find out when we got it home and opened the burlap that the original beans had been removed and a package of horrible beans wrapped in duct tape is what we got instead! Lesson learned!
We also bring back alot of different seasonings, spices, and sauces. Got to get our Jerk fix while we are home

[gerryg123]

Coffee works well but it's expensive .... rasta bracelets and necklaces often get a nice response.

[Patricia]

Shirley Bisquits ~ original & coconut

[TKim]

I might get some coffee and set up a basket with small bottles of vanilla / jerk seasoning. (Does anywhere sell small “giftable” bottles of these? I’d probably need >20 of each.)

Edit: Oooh, those Biscuits are a good idea, too!

[Kathy]

but you could get by with coffee if it's provided for one morning or 2, or as a shared pot, etc.

if company policy allows, email a great morning photo of sunrise, or the sea, to employees inviting them to the coffee. The photo could also be set as a desktop background for daydreamers...

add sweetened condensed milk as an additive at the coffee station... Betty is the island brand, I think....better than cream and sugar. Maybe add a Caribbean Rum Cake ... ?

buy a box of patties at the airport... bake them before you head in to the office, cut them up to bite-size portions, and microwave them at lunchtime for a Taste of Jamaica...